3 data center projects in Kansas City City
Who decides here: the City Council of Kansas City City votes on zoning. The Clay County may review big projects too.
In Kansas City City
Google data center at Hunt Midwest Business Center (Kansas City Northland)
Kansas City, Clay County
for Google
🕒 Feb 2026: Google said its first Missouri campus, started in 2024, is still under construction.
Being builtGoogle Project Mica campus (Kansas City Northland)
Kansas City, Clay County
500 acres · for Google
🕒 Feb 12, 2026: Google confirmed a $10 billion, five-building campus on about 500 acres.
Built & runningEdged Kansas City data center
Kansas City, Clay County
🕒 Dec 2024: Edged opened its $143 million data center in Kansas City.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Metrobloks data center campus (Liberty)
Liberty, Clay County
30 acres
🕒 March 2026: Liberty City Council approved $1.4 billion in bonds and $202.7 million in tax breaks ove…
Built & runningabout 7 miles awayPatmos AI campus (former Kansas City Star printing plant)
Kansas City, Jackson County
🕒 Nov 12, 2024: Patmos announced it will turn the old Kansas City Star printing plant into a 100+ megawa…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 9 miles awayProject Kestrel at KCI-29 Logistics Park (near KCI airport)
Kansas City, Platte County
379 acres · for Google (reported)
🕒 Aug 28, 2025: Port KC approved up to $100 billion in revenue bonds for a six-building data center camp…
Stopped or cancelledabout 9 miles away20-story data center tower (Western Newspaper Union building, Quality Hill)
Kansas City, Jackson County
🕒 Aug 5, 2026: City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to deny the 384-foot data center tower; 475 letters oppos…
Built & runningabout 10 miles awayMeta Kansas City data center (Golden Plains Technology Park)
Kansas City, Platte County
for Meta
🕒 2025: Meta brought the $1 billion data center online.
Being builtabout 10 miles awayLambda AI factory (former Bank of America data center, AirWorld Center)
Kansas City, Platte County
for one unnamed Lambda customer
🕒 Oct 28, 2025: Lambda announced a $500 million AI computer center in an empty building near KCI.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Kansas City City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Kansas City City: Evergy Missouri West (company) or City of Kansas City (run by the town) or Platte-clay Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Union Electric Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Missouri.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much power will the finished campus use?
- How much water will it use per day?
- When will it open?
- How much water will Project Mica use per day?
- Will new power lines or substations be built for it?
- How many permanent jobs will it have?
- Did Edged receive tax breaks?